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  Actuarial work, the backbone of the insurance industry, is poised for a tectonic shift as big data and advanced analytics start playing a broader and deeper role in the financial sector.     Over the past few years, insurance companies facing an unprecedented disruption engineered by the heightened demand placed on the actuarial workforce have felt the need to consolidate and improve data capabilities and process in the actuarial services. The growing demand for data quality, reduction in costs without compromising on efficiencies, and keeping pace with fast-paced regulatory shifts have contributed to this pressure.   For decades now, actuaries have analysed the financial costs of risk and uncertainty using mathematics, statistics and financial theories to offer bespoke solutions to businesses and individual clients towards risk mitigations.   Today, actuaries need not follow the traditional methods such as calculating reserves based on aggregate data...

  Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), automation, and cloud computing is fundamentally changing the business world. It is changing how things have worked and is bringing humans and machines to work together. The world is witnessing more speed, accuracy, and comfort in the work culture and day-to-day activities. Tons of manually analysed data are processed and investigated in more significant numbers within minutes, resulting in profound discrimination. Actuaries are the fundamental patrons of business insights derived from data analysis. They process and measure risk. To maintain profitability, insurers must create new risk models, price products effectively, and increase operational efficiency. Actuaries help digital insurance meet challenges and grow strategically through analytical insights. However, they often get overwhelmed by the amount of data and manual processing. Actuaries are the core of the insurance industry. They are now using cognitive technolo...